This safe room with a retina scan is now a home theater in a $7M mansion
nypost.coma property listed for $6.99 million comes with an unusual amenity. A former safe room — whose retina scan, which can be used to open and close its pneumatic doors, was previously registered with the FBI — is now a quirky private theater for friends and family to watch flicks.Images of the space show plush lounge seating and a large screen under a black-tone drop ceiling and surrounded by metallic walls — 3-inch steel walls, in fact.
It helps to make for a soundproof space, and it owes itself to the home’s previous owner.Representatives for the listing tell The Post a legal arms dealer formerly owned this home — and the current owner, who works in entertainment, spent about $150,000 to convert this high-security safe space into its new use.
The former owner kitted out the now-theater with a hidden room, cabinets and racks — with some of the space used to store guns.
Now, a new owner — one who prefers watching movies in silence and in dark settings — can boast about these fittings.“All in all, we love this home and all of its unique features,” said Farah Levi, of the Agency, who represents this listing.The 9,100-square-foot residence, set behind gates in Palisades Highlands, has six bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
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